Far East Movement at Cal Poly

My First Meteor Shower Photograph: The Leonid Meteor Shower 2009
Out of 169 images I took and 2 hours of waiting from last night, I did manage to capture a couple of meteors; however, this image had the brightest one.But it was nothing compared to the first meteor we, Carla (my girlfriend), Brandon and I, saw around 12:30am. This was the first meteor shower I encountered and photographed and found out that we have to be lucky and patient to capture a meteor.

M.A.S.A.'s Parent Bilingual Conference 09
The PBC (Parent Bilingual Conference) put on by the Mexican American Student Association from Cal Poly Pomona, is an event where workshops are designed to help students apply for college/financial aid/EOP/AB540 and also for parents to prepare/help their children apply for college and how to find resources to help pay for higher education. These workshops are made available free to students and parents from local high schools. Lunch is also provided.

Wildfire flares up in Diamond Bar
Stepped outside my house and noticed 4 separate brushfires near the 60 freeway in Diamond Bar, CA. Immediately I thought to myself, that although I am a student photojournalist that it should not stop me from covering stories from outside my campus. I began to think of myself as a professional photojournalist and although the images I am going to take are not go

Smoke Out Festival 2009
This is how it all began...I received an email from a group called TNA (The Noise Academy) on Wednesday asking for help to shoot a festival that weekend(Oct 23,24). I told them of course I would! and that I would get a photo pass and a free ticket to

My New Photojournalist Idol
After viewing this video on Vimeo, I was awed to find out it was made with a Canon 5D Mark II on a custom made rig, to hold the camera. I immediately went to Danfung Dennis website (http://www.danfungdennis.com) and found out that he is a freelance photojournalist. I looked around his website and love his work. Very inspirational to me as a student photojournalist who wants to become more than the average photojournalist. I want to incorporate photography, audio and video to create still images, image slide shows with audio and documentaries. I look now at the industry of newspaper and sometimes